I'm interested in reading on Celtic Paganism can anyone provide me with some reputable links and book titles?

Question

And yes I could use google but that isnt going to provide me with reputable web sites as some are false or misleading.

Daughter-Wow thanks :)

Answer 1

paganspath.com
witchvox.com

Give me a few and I will try to find specific titles for you. I'm not sure how good these are but here you go. :)
Celtic Heritage
Alwyn Rees & Brinley Rees
Thames & Hudson, 1989
A Guide To Early Irish Law
Fergus Kelly
Out Of Print
The Oxford Book Of Scottish Verse
John MacQueen & Thomas Scott
Oxford University Press, 1966
Celtic Myth & Legend
Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Cassel Imprint, 1996
Sacred Symbols - The Celts
Thames and Hudson
Thames and Hudson, 1989
Stones Of Time
- A study of Celtic Rune Symbology -
Martin Brennan
Inner Traditions, 1995
Britanica Anthropology, The Celts
Britanica Encyclopedias
Britanica Publishing, 1979
Encyclopedia Of Celtic Wisdom
Caitlín & John Matthews
Element Books, 1994
The Celtic Book Of Days
Caitlín Matthews
Destiny Books, 1995
The Celtic Book Of The Dead
Caitlín Matthews
Martins Press, 1992
The Celtic Shaman
John Matthews
Element Books, 1991
The Celtic Druids' Year
John King
Cassell Imprint, 1994
The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History
Peter Berresford Ellis
Carolina Academic Pr, 1991
Celtic Myth & Magick
Edain McCoy
Llewellyn Publications, 1996
Glamoury: Magic of the Celtic Green World
Steve Blamires
Llewellyn Publications, 1998
Haints, Witches, and Boogers :
Tales from Upper East Tennessee
Charles Edwin Price, Richard Blaustein
John F Blair Publications, 1992
Tennessee Folk Culture: an Annotated Bibliography
Eleanor E. Goehring
Academic Press, 1942
America's First Western Frontier : East Tennessee
Brenda C. Calloway
The Overmountain Press, 1982
The Sacred World Of The Celts
Nigel Pennick
Inner Traditions International, 1997
Celtic Myths and Legends
T.W. Rolleston
Dover Publishing, 1990
The Mabinogion
Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones
Orion House, 2000
The Mabinogion - Unabridged
Lady Charlotte Guest
Dover Publishing, 1997
Women of the Celts
Jean Markale
Inner Traditions International, 1986
The Encyclopedia Of Celtic Wisdom
Catlin and John Matthews
Element Publishing, 1994
Druids, Gods & Heroes
Anne Ross
Peter Bedrick Books, 1994
Advanced Celtic Shamanism
D.J. Conway
Crossing Press, 2000
Fire In The Head
Tom Cowan
HarperSanFrancisco, 1993
The Ogham Stones
Dorothy Elizabeth Crowder
Dobson , 1975
The Ogham Stone: An Anthology of Contemporary Ireland
Gerald Dawe, Michael Mulreany
# Institute of Public Administration, 2001
Ogham: An Irish Alphabet
Cristoir M. Fhearaigh, Tim Stampton
Hippocrene Books, 1998
DeDanaan
Resources for Celtic Studies.
Celtic Astrology
by Helena Paterson
The Celtic Tradition
by Caitlin Matthews
A Druid's Herbal
by Ellen Evert Hopman
The Book of Druidry
by Ross Nichols
Glamoury - Magic of the Celtic Green World
by Steve Blamires

*edit: np. Like I said I'm Heathen not Celtic so I don't know how good these are. Match these with what others will tell you.

Answer 2

The Gods of the Celts, Miranda Green

The Silver Bough, Marian F. McNeill

The Archeology of Ritual and Magic, Ralph Merrifield

Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and Tradition, Anne Ross

Thracian Tales on the Gundestop Cauldron, Kaul, Marazov, Best & deVries

The Serpent and the Goddess, Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland, Mary Condren

Celtic Gods and Goddesses, R.J. Stewart

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles, Ronald Hutton

The Celtic World, Barry Cunliffe

Women of the Celts, Jean Markale

Celtic Heritage, Alwyn Rees and Brinley Rees

A History of Pagan Europe, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick



*** Note: the books I listed are considered to be of sound scholarship, which is not true of much that has been published about the Celts/Druids. Most of the publication dates for the books above are fairly recent - this is because up until around the 1950s research into the Druids was heavily influenced by a couple of centuries of published work which ranged from mere inaccuracy to pure fantasy. It is only within the last 60 years or so that scholars have begun to tease out a clearer understanding of what and what the Druids really were.

Answer 3

Some of the sources that Daughter listed are good; however, she also listed a couple of authors, such as D.J. Conway, whose "Celtic" material is known to be poorly researched. Take them with a grain of salt.

If you want to be accurate, I highly suggest looking at the Celtic Reconstructionism FAQ at http://www.paganachd.com/faq/ Even if you don't decide to become a CR, they are *the* best people to go to for resources, since they combine stringent academic accuracy with deep spiritual experiences in an attempt to recreate Celtic religion and culture as closely as possible in this day and age.

The FAQ above has a really good reading list (though the whole thing is excellent reading). One book that *just* came out that isn't on the FAQ is Erynn Rowan Laurie's "Ogam: Weaving Word Wisdom" which is available on Amazon. It's an *excellent* text on ogam, and it doesn't just talk about trees. Well-researched, but she's also a great writer so it's not at all dry.

ETA: The CR FAQ has a LOT of titles that weren't otherwise mentioned in the answers here; feel free to check it out.

Answer 4

The lists that Lupa and Phoenix linked two are some of the best sources - a lot of the CR stuff can be heavy reading, but they're reliable sources. The wiki page on CR also has a good list, but I think it's mostly the same as the one Phoenix linked - there might be a couple of new entries, but should be pretty much consistent.

Like Yogi said, avoid DJ Conway, Edain McCoy, and Douglas Monroe. They scholarship is... poor.

Answer 5

i would warn you away from Celtic myth and Magic, by Edian Mccoy. it is a new age hodgepodge of Celtic artwork with Wiccan and new age beliefs thrown in. they claim the wiccan reede as Celtic, and also claim that there was an ancient Irish Potato Goddess...THE POTATO IS NOT NATIVE TO IRELAND.

D.J. Conway is a horrible author in my opinion. his books give advise on such things as Curse stones, and how to find them. but do not give any warnings against their use and the spiritual implications of useing them.

and in general i would stay away from most of Lywellyn Publications. they are riding the new age wave to larger and larger profits every day. with little regard to the information that they put out.

if you want factual evidence. i would reccomend.

Druids, Celtic priests of nature. by Jean Merkale. it is very fact oriented, and explains the sources of his material very well.

and.

Magic of the Celtic Otherworld..i am sorry i do not know the author off hand. i can e-mail that to you later tonight if you want me to.
this book is very informative on ritual and magical practice.

Answer 6

Hit here http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=trads&id=6645

The article lays out the basics out Celtic Paganism and has a wide array of links at the end along with references which you can hunt down for more information.
I find it agrees with what I've read before, and some of the books they use as reference I've studied when researching my faith.

Answer 7

whilst i grew to become right into a new child I appeared at a ton of books from the library on the priority of esp, supernatural issues, and so on. there grew to become into one e book i chanced on that grew to become into extremely distinctive from those. It did not have wild claims approximately human beings examining minds or pictures of "ghosts". This one grew to become right into a paperback narrative some guy (i think of) speaking approximately how he merely worshiped a goddess and human beings did too. It suggested elevating capability by employing dancing and chanting and a few pictures of "witches techniques". i won't be in a position to undergo in strategies the call or author, yet i think of it grew to become into written in the Seventies - I examine it in the very early Eighteen Eighties. the 1st e book I examine as an person that grew to become into certainly something some cutting-part Pagan faith grew to become into the two Cunningham's Wicca or Starhawk's Spiral Dance. i offered them on the comparable day and could't remember which one I examine first.

Answer 8

Holy hannah daughter! way to answer a question!

Answer 9

I think your question got answered. Wow.